I do Like to Be Beside the Seaside(Reginald Dixon MBE) - A Day in Viana do Castelo
April 7th 2016 It was blowing fairly strongly when we arrived in Viana yesterday afternoon but this morning has dawned calm and with a bright sun rising behind us which means it looks good for a trip across the water to explore this morning and then a walk along the boardwalk and beach in the afternoon.
We have found fruit that is in season very inexpensive during our travels and so our daily breakfast has be
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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more 
